#BOFH
system prompt: "be the BOFH"
Our Discord support agent was kind of annoying, so I asked it to pretend to be a 58-year old systems administrator from Ohio that wrote on forums a lot.

Turns out -- this makes your support bot extremely competent. The quality of its support responses are now far better.
December 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Customer: LINUX BASTARD OPERATOR FROM HELL
DMV: CUSTOMER'S MEANING IN APPROPRIATE?

Verdict: DENIED
January 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The BOFH has always been the resistance
February 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Customer: LINUX BASTARD OPERATOR FROM HELL
DMV: CUSTOMER'S MEANING IN APPROPRIATE?

Verdict: DENIED
January 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Meh, that's the junior tech's problem

👺 #BOFH
September 25, 2026 at 12:06 PM
March 27, 2024 at 9:04 AM
BOFH: The Helldesk opens its third eye and ascends to a higher plane of troubleshooting
BOFH: The Helldesk opens its third eye and ascends to a higher plane of troubleshooting
Putting the 'om' in computing
www.theregister.com
September 25, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Do they still exist? We're still publishing new ones! :)

www.theregister.com/Tag/BOfH/
BOfH • Page 1 • Tag • The Register
www.theregister.com
November 23, 2024 at 12:29 AM
ajnajks sweeps bofh
June 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
#AIイラスト #脇毛 #腋毛
--- fortune の出力を英訳します ---

BOFHの言い訳 #113:

ルートネームサーバーが同期していません

(自動投稿 : 2026年09月28日)
September 28, 2026 at 12:02 PM
kill bofh of them THEYRE CRINGE
November 29, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Productizing the disk space vignette from the original BOFH story.
March 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
New year, new season of BOFH: www.theregister.com/2026/01/16/b...
BOFH: Every computer system eventually serves ads
Episode 1: Boss's bright idea enshittifies itself in record time
www.theregister.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Arthur C. Clarke: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

Me: "Therefore, any sufficiently complicated technical problem is indistinguishable from a curse."

#infosec #sysadmin #bofh
July 2, 2026 at 12:20 PM
#AIイラスト #脇毛 #腋毛
--- fortune の出力を英訳します ---

BOFHの言い訳 #357:

手伝いたいのですが、ただ上司が私をコンピュータの近くに寄せてくれないんです。

(自動投稿 : 2026年09月26日)
September 26, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Självbild: Friendly Neighborhood Sysadmin
Verklighet: BOFH
Är också stark förespråkare av inställningen "Låt Skiten Paja" när mina kolleger vill typ...överleverera för att rädda nån klantskalle från framtida problem. Tyvärr är jag i minoritet för de fattar inte att folk aldrig lär sig om deras dumheter inte får bita dem själva i kuken
June 4, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Pris sur X et ça m'a fait rire.

BSD, l'entre des BOFH 😅
December 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
-plugging my nosebleed- bofh i think
February 20, 2025 at 2:34 AM
cowsay
September 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM
BOFH: Nothing says 'business continuity' like a dry wooden broom
BOFH: Nothing says 'business continuity' like a dry wooden broom
No sparks, no glory
www.theregister.com
May 8, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Più BOFH per tutti
BOFH - Wikipedia
it.m.wikipedia.org
January 9, 2024 at 2:38 PM
BOFH: Oh no! The CMS ate 500 pages of corporate documentation
BOFH: Oh no! The CMS ate 500 pages of corporate documentation
How could such a terrible tragedy have occurred?
www.theregister.com
September 11, 2026 at 8:35 AM
BOFH: For one ambitious security type, chaos is a ladder
BOFH: For one ambitious security type, chaos is a ladder
Mission Control sends its regards
www.theregister.com
June 13, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Probably just need to give a good read of the BOFH archives and you can get all kinds of devious but legal ideas.
February 6, 2025 at 4:31 AM
#AIイラスト #脇毛 #腋毛
--- fortune の出力を英訳します ---

BOFHの言い訳 #18:

過電圧サージ保護

(自動投稿 : 2026年09月16日)
September 16, 2026 at 12:02 PM